NATIONAL MEMORIAL DAY CONCERT 2024
SUNDAY, MAY 26 @ 6:00PM, 7:30PM, 10:00PM & 11:30PM
Watch the National Memorial Day Concert on PBS, hosted by Joe Mantegna and Gary Sinise. With all-star performances and tributes from Washington, D.C., the 35th annual event will continue to honor our men and women in uniform, their families at home and all those who have given their lives for our country.
BREAKING THROUGH
SATURDAY, MAY 25 @ 9:00PM
At the turn of the new millennium, the national conversation turns to immigration, race, and economic disparity. As the U.S becomes more diverse, yet more divided, a new generation of Asian Americans tackle the question, how do we as a nation move forward together?
PURLIE VICTORIOUS
FRIDAY, MAY 24 @ 7:00PM & 11:00PM
Starring Leslie Odom Jr., this comedic play tells the story of a Black preacher’s scheme to reclaim his inheritance and win back his church from a plantation owner.
LET THEM COME
THURSDAY, MAY 23 @ 8:00PM
Max, Jake, and their new gang hide from Maggie in Edinburgh and discover her link to Sir Jim Sturrock. Maggie exerts pressure on Teddy and Aliza risks the bank sale.
EPISODE 3
THURSDAY, MAY 23 @ 7:00PM
Everything comes to a head as Richard and Jim arrive on the Isle of Man. Mary’s actions continue to have an impact on the entire family as they try to heal and reconnect.
THE NEW DIG
ESCAPE
WEDNESDAY, MAY 22 @ 8:00PM & 12:00AM
At Pompeii, a new excavation continues to unearth rich discoveries. Professor Steven Tuck of Miami University joins the team to look for those who might have escaped the city. His pioneering new investigation finds evidence that some Pompeiians survived the eruption of AD 79.
THE RIOT REPORT
TUESDAY, MAY 21 @ 7:00PM & 11:00PM
When Black neighborhoods in scores of American cities erupted in violence during the summer of 1967, President Lyndon Johnson appointed the National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders — informally known as the Kerner Commission — to answer three questions: What happened? Why did it happen? And what could be done to prevent it from happening again?
THE TUBA THIEVES
MONDAY, MAY 20 @ 8:00PM
What is the role of sound and what does it mean to listen? Hard of hearing filmmaker Alison O’Daniel uses a series of tuba thefts in Los Angeles high schools as a jumping-off point to explore these questions. Through several d/Deaf people telling stories in a unique game of telephone, the central mystery of The Tuba Thieves isn’t about theft of instruments; it’s about the nature of sound itself.
BOB DYLAN
NO DIRECTION HOME, PART 1
SUNDAY, MAY 19 @ 5:00 PM
Explore musician Bob Dylan’s evolution from folk troubadour to iconic rock star. Live concert footage and press conferences from the 1960s and a new interview with Dylan are used to draw a portrait of the legendary singer-songwriter. Directed by Martin Scorsese, this documentary features interviews conducted with Allen Ginsberg, Joan Baez, Pete Seeger and more. (Followed by part 2 @ 7:00pm)
GOLDEN AGE/THE MING
SATURDAY, MAY 18 @ 7:00PM
Hear the story of China’s most famous dynasty. Michael Wood visits the Great Wall and the Forbidden City; sails the South China Sea on a junk; visits a fabulous Chinese garden; and travels to Macao with the first Jesuit missionary to China.